In 2021, Vladimir Putin reported earnings of 10,202,616 rubles. The Kremlin published details about the income, expenses, and property of the Russian leader and his family, along with information about senior officials and presidential staff.
That year saw a slight decrease from the previous period, when the president declared 9,994,000 rubles in income. He owns real estate including an apartment measuring 77 square meters and a garage of 18 square meters. There is also a larger apartment of 153.7 square meters and a 18 square meter garage recorded. The president’s collection of vehicles includes two rare GAZ M21 cars, a Niva SUV, and Skif car trailers. These figures were part of the annual declarations that cover state leaders, their family members, the prime minister, ministers, Kremlin employees, regional envoys, State Duma deputies, and Federation Council members. Since 2013, officials must disclose both income and significant expenditures.
Putin’s highest declared income occurred in 2017, when earnings exceeded 18.7 million rubles, followed by notes of asset sales in the years that followed. The data for 2018 through 2014 show several fluctuations, with annual incomes ranging roughly between 3.6 and 9.7 million rubles. A policy statement was filed up to the deadline of April 1st. [Citation: Kremlin tax and asset disclosures]
Who holds the highest declarations in the state
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin reported income of 18,321,716 rubles for 2021, with earnings in 2020 of 19.8 million rubles. The 2021 income of Mishustin’s wife totaled 63.8 million rubles. The couple and their common son own a plot of 5,500 square meters, a residential building of 861.2 square meters, and an apartment of 141.6 square meters. Vladlena Mishustina also owns a Ford Kuga. The distribution of income among officials placed certain seats at the top based on declared revenues, with notable figures listed below. [Citation: Official disclosures]
Among the ministers and deputy ministers, income levels for 2021 included: Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov with 704.664 million rubles (740.413 million rubles in 2020); Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev with 392.6 million rubles (42.3 million in 2020); Minister of Transport Vitaly Savelyev at 130.9 million rubles (359.4 million in 2020); Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov with 124.6 million rubles (201.7 million in 2020); and Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev at 121 million rubles (133.1 million in 2020). Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko, previously in the top five, reported 45.7 million rubles (142.7 million rubles in 2020). [Citation: Public income statements]
Additional figures under the presidency
Vladimir Medinsky, deputy head of state, registered the highest income in 2021 among Presidential Administration employees, totaling 106.8 million rubles. First Deputy Head Sergei Kiriyenko earned 27.28 million rubles, down from 30.56 million rubles in 2020. Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov declared 14.5 million rubles, while his wife, Tatyana Navka, reported 218.5 million rubles. Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev declared 8.35 million rubles, with Svetlana Medvedeva reporting no income. Anton Vaino, head of the Presidential Administration, declared 11.6 million rubles, slightly lower than 2020. [Citation: 2021 presidential disclosures]
State Duma declarations
State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin reported 2021 income of 65 million rubles, down from 84.04 million rubles in 2020. He owns a cottage plotting 8320 square meters, a residential building of 989.2 square meters, two guest houses, a 174.3 square meter apartment, parking, two non-residential buildings, two outbuildings, a greenhouse, and a treatment facility. The wealthiest deputy was Vladimir Blotsky with 3.52 billion rubles. The next in line was Alexei Nechaev, head of the New People faction, with 2.475 billion rubles, followed by Leonid Simanovsky with nearly 1.689 billion rubles. [Citation: Duma declarations]
Federation Council overview
The richest senator in 2021 was Valery Ponomarev with 4.217 billion rubles. In second place was Igor Zubarev from Karelia with 2.138 billion rubles, and third was Boris Nevzorov, the second senator from Kamchatka, with 286.44 million rubles. Valentina Matvienko, chairman of the Federation Council, reported 14.66 million rubles for 2021, up from just over two million in 2020. Matvienko owns a summer plot of about 3.66 thousand square meters, a country house of 729.4 square meters, several non-residential buildings, a 290.3 square meter apartment, a parking space, and multiple other facilities under construction or development. [Citation: Federation Council disclosures]